Committee Profiles
Ken was in Scouts as a youth for approximately one year in South Bend, Indiana and attained the rank of First Class. His favorite memories include attending the much acclaimed Klondike Derby and camping in the winter at a Scout Camp which included a solid frozen lake that you could walk across! He has two sons who are Eagle Scouts and a daughter who was a Venture Scout and who earned the Girl Scouts Gold Award, their highest youth award.
Ken began his adult volunteer work as an assistant Tiger Cub Den Leader back in 1991. Since then he has served in multiple capacities to include being a Wolf, Bear, and Webelos Assistant and Den Leaders for his two sons. He later became an Assistant Scoutmaster in Troop 328 and eventually the Scoutmaster. Ken also helped start Venture Crew 328 where he served as the Chartered Unit Organization Representative, Crew Advisor and Executive Officer.
Ken has attended nearly every available training course offered to adult Scout unit leaders to include Wood Badge. He attended Wood Badge 57 at Philmont and was the Beaver Patrol Leader. He attended the first Circle Ten offered Powder Horn Course, advanced Venture Crew Leader training, at Camp Wisdom.
Ken has attended multiple summer camps in Circle Ten, most at Camp Grayson (Now James Ray) and Clements Scout Ranch and out of Council at Camp Orr in Arkansas. He has attended an Order of the Arrow ordeal for one of his sons at Camp Constantin. Ken is a Brotherhood member of the O.A.
Ken has been an advisor on four Philmont backpacking treks, one with Venture Crew 328 and three with Troop 328. He also was an advisor for a 9 day canoe adventure at the Charles L. Sommers Wilderness Canoe Base in Ely, Minnesota which included canoeing into Canada in the Quetico Provincial Park.
Ken has also been involved in Training at the district level having taught the Den Chief course for 5 years as well as assisting with Venture Leader Training courses and others. He has also served on staff for various District Programs to include multiple Camporees, WOW, Tiger Cub Lock-ins and Twilight Camps. Ken has also helped with the annual Friends of Scouting campaign for multiple years.
Ken still enjoys camping, hiking, fishing and especially backpacking. He goes on 2-3 weekend backpacking treks each year and does a 50 miler every other year in a National Park.
Ken is a licensed professional engineer in the State of Texas and 12 other states and works as a consulting engineer in the building construction industry where he designs mechanical systems for buildings. He is a part Owner in his own firm and is involved in his technical vocational society, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) where he currently serves as a member of their national Board of Directors.
Ken enjoys doing other Civic Service volunteer efforts which includes service in his church, First United Methodist Church of Allen, is a member of the Rotary Club of Allen Sunrise (Past President), served 9 years on the Allen Planning and Zoning Commission, served 9 years on the Allen City Council, served 6 years on the Allen Economic Development Corporation and has served in various other capacities for the City and County.
Ken is married to Susan and has three wonderful children, John, Steven and Erin and lives in Allen, Texas.
Interest in scouting in the professional realm started for Ed after his experience working at Circle 10 Council’s Flagship Summer Camp: Camp Constantin for 11 summers. In his summer camp experience, he has worked as a First Year Camper instructor, instructional swim teacher, Quartermaster, Shooting Sports Director, Assistant Ranger, and Camp Commissioner.
Ed holds a degree in Anthropology from the University of North Texas in Denton, where he met his beautiful and talented wife Kim, and where he currently resides. His other interests include, camping, playing harmonica, ridiculously spicy food, lawn-mowing, his menagerie of cats, and whirly-ball.
Of course, he is also an Eagle Scout. Earned in January 2001, his project included saving a hometown basketball court from eroding into the nearby creek. Ed also became a brotherhood member of the Order of the Arrow in the same year.
Ed started in the Southern Sky district in August 2008, replacing previous district executive in this area Mike Denoy.
He started as a professional scouter, after encouragement from his local scout executive at the time. Dennis’s first district was in Ardmore, Oklahoma. His other positions have included Sr. Dist. Executive in The Woodlands, Field Director in Houston, Asst. Scout Executive in San Angelo, Director of the Learning for Life program here at good ‘ol Circle 10, and Scout Executive in San Angelo.
His favorite merit badge is Wilderness Survival, and has a standing bet that nobody can tie a one-handed bowline faster than he can.
Dennis has a passion for the scouting program, golf, and most importantly his son & daughter (who are both venture scouts).
During the past 16-years he has been actively involved in scouting as a Scoutmaster, Chartered Organization Rep, Committee Chairman, Unit Commissioner, and member of the District Staff. He’s a graduate of Woodbadge-59, and continues to work closely with scouting units in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints (Mormon) church. His favorite BSA training experience was LDS Week at Philmont, with his wife and family. To this day his youngest daughter still wants to move there permanently.
